RECCOMMENDED LIST OF HARDY FRUITS, FLOWERS, ETC. 141 



Four Ben Davis (one star). 

 Two Black Twig (no stars). 

 Three Janet (no star). 

 Two Delicious (no stars). 



Crab Apples. 

 Two Whitney (one star). 

 Two Florence (one star). 

 Hyslop (no star). 



Care of Young Orchard. 



In order to care for an orchard economically it is advisable to 

 make use of the land between the trees. 



The family garden can be grown in the orchard and furnish 

 a liberal supply of all kinds of vegetables for summer and winter use. 



In those portions of the state where rainfall is sufficient or irriga- 

 tion is practiced and small fruits thrive; enough strawberries, rasp- 

 berries, gooseberries and currants can be grown between the trees to 

 supply the family needs and in favorable seasons have a surplus for 

 market. 



Corn (either sweet corn or any field variety) is one of the best 

 crops to grow in the young orchard. 



We must cultiA^ate the vegetables, small fruits or corn and in 

 so doing we are cultivating the trees. 



An example of intercropping is cited that has come to our notice 

 and shows what can be done along this line. 



One orchard in Cass county has been cropped to corn as above 

 advocated. The rows of trees are 3 3 feet apart and at the seventh 

 year the owner was still raising five rows of corn in each of the strips 

 between the rows of trees. This little orchard of 150 trees which 

 occupied about 4 acres of land produced in 1911 the seventh wear from 

 planting 200 bushels of Jonathan and Gano apples and 80 bushels of 

 corn. 



CAUTION: We must not forget that we are growing an orchara 

 and the crops grown between the trees are to utilize the land until 

 the trees are large enough to take the entire area. Be careful in 

 planting the crop in the young orchard to allow ample space along 

 the row of trees so that they may be carefully cultivated and yet not 

 be injured by having limbs or bark on the trunk broken by cultivator 

 or horses. 



